Hyperinfection withStrongyloides stercoralis
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Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode with a complex life cycle capable of a free living cycle, a parasitic cycle and autoinfection. It is usually asymptomatic in a healthy host but causes life threatening hyperinfection involving multiple organs in immunocompromised patients. However, reports of gastric involvement are very rare. This is a report of gastric strongyloidiasis with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006819